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Harry Potter Theme Park
DanielH
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January 2001
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I figure someone will mention it eventually.

what does everyone think about a Harry Potter Theme Park?

Would there be enough of a fan base to keep it going?

I'm a fan and I would go, but it's in Florida and I live in Arizona. Too far for me.

CGamesPlay
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July 2002
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I live in Florida! I'm going to Hogwarts! Yay!

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BAF
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December 2002
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They are making a themepark in Rosell, and the main attraction is going to be a roller coaster that is supposed to simulate being abducted by an alien. How they know what being abducted by an alien is like, I have no idea.

bamccaig
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July 2006
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I strongly dislike Harry Potter and The Lord Of The Rings, which I consider of the same nature. Personally, I wouldn't go if offered a free trip.

BAF
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December 2002
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I'd go if offered a free trip. A free vacation to an amusement park... count me in.

Onewing
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August 2005
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Harry Potter and The Lord Of The Rings, which I consider of the same nature.

I don't think Harry Potter and LotR should be put in the same category. Harry Potter's alright, at least from what I've seen on the movies. Sadly, I don't know how to read...

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FMC
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March 2004
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I strongly dislike Harry Potter and The Lord Of The Rings, which I consider of the same nature

Haha... did you actually read them?

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bamccaig
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July 2006
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FMC said:

Haha... did you actually read them?

Are you kidding!? I didn't even watch a movie! :o Previews were enough.

Hard Rock
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September 2001
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Haha... did you actually read them?

They aren't written by American authors so of course they are the same!

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bamccaig
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July 2006
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Hard Rock said:

They aren't written by American authors so of course they are the same!

I never said the books were the same. It has nothing to do with the authors. I mean the nature of Harry Potter stories and Lord of the Rings stories is, at least to me, the same and I don't like it.

Thomas Fjellstrom
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June 2000
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the same? you're hilarious.

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Richard Phipps
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November 2001
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Do you mean you don't like the fantasy genre? That would make more sense to me..

X-G
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December 2000
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They're nothing alike! Talk about... eheh... judging a book by its cover.

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bamccaig
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July 2006
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Richard Phipps said:

Do you mean you don't like the fantasy genre?

I like the Final Fantasy series so I don't think that's it... ;D I like fantasy, but I want fantasy to be explained. In Final Fantasy there's explanations for things that don't make sense in our world, which makes them make sense in Final Fantasy. It seems like in Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings there is no explanation for how things are and they feel too much like our world. They seem illogical to me and it makes the whole series look poorly designed.

X-G said:

Talk about... eheh... judging a book by its cover.

By movie previews, technically. ;D I did watch about half an hour of one of the Lord of the Rings movies and I hated it... The characters were girly... WTF!? I respected Elijah Wood for his part in The Faculty (good movie), but The Lord of the Rings series made him look like a fag (oddly, not censored)...

Michael Faerber
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July 2004
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It seems like in Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings there is no explanation for how things are.

Of course there are; if you see a flying car in the sky, you'll know who has built it. ;)

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CGamesPlay
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July 2002
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It seems like in Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings there is no explanation for how things are and they feel too much like our world. They seem illogical to me and it makes the whole series look poorly designed.

Well, I recommend reading the Tolkien books. He actually created (and published) detailed histories of the various cultures that he describes in LotR. It's quite well-thought-out.

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bamccaig
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July 2006
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CGamesPlay said:

Well, I recommend reading the Tolkien books. He actually created (and published) detailed histories of the various cultures that he describes in LotR. It's quite well-thought-out.

You're telling me to read (do work) to understand and enjoy a series of book for which I haven't considered reading. These things should be explained in the movies. I don't have time to read the books.

Even if there are explanations for everything that would satisfy my dislike (which I doubt)(for some reason in ANOTHER book) it doesn't address the girly characters. :P

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Thomas Fjellstrom
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And somehow materia, espers, moogles, chokobos, and summons are believable? ;D

heh.

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FMC
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March 2004
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bamccaig, just for curiosity, did you ever read a book?
(comics and manuals don't count)

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nonnus29
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August 2002
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The sad thing is many of the yutes today equate movie adaptations with books. It's your loss if you don't read. Samuel Clemens said: "he who doesn't read great books is no better than one that can't read at all".

LennyLen
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December 2004
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These things should be explained in the movies.

Since you haven't even seen the movies, how do you know they're not? Granted, they don't do much explaining of things in the LoTR movies, but that's beside the point.

relpatseht
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September 2004
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FFF4NB01 said:

In Final Fantasy there's explanations for things that don't make sense in our world, which makes them make sense in Final Fantasy.

Thomas Fjellstrom said:

And somehow materia, espers, moogles, chokobos, and summons are believable?

I believe this settles the matter. The name given to BaMcCaIg (lets see if he goes into convulsions over that capitalization scheme) in the above quote is appropriate.

As for the theme park, I wouldn't call it a very good idea. The fan base is definitely there now, but considering the cost, picking up the fad of a particular generation was not a very good idea.

X-G
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December 2000
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This is the stupidest argument I have ever heard. You haven't even seen the movies, yet you complain about them not explaining enough? Talk about retarded...

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relpatseht
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September 2004
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You don't seem to understand, X-G, he has seen the previews.

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